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CCC FIDE Saturdays 5 - Top

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17 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 28 Mar 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2000, and top seed was James A Chirilov (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2186).

James A Chirilov (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2186) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Steve Paul Alappatt (2.5) and Patrick McCartney (2.5). Chirilov won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aadith Vijayakumar (1517) beat Sanjay Allu (1727), a +210-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
28 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸FMJames A Chirilov2186
Avg top 10
2,000
Participants
17
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

FM James A Chirilov led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
1
1
11.52.53R1R2R3
R2–R3 · LEAD HELD

FM James A Chirilov held the sole lead from R2 through R3 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM James A Chirilov won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJames A Chirilov*
1
2Patrick McCartney*
½
3Steve Paul Alappatt
½
*
4Vihaan Pendse
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chirilov, James AFM2186USA+6N+4B+7N3.04.05.55.502771+15.0
2Alappatt, Steve Paul2031USA+12N=3B+11N2.53.54.53.252123+15.2
3McCartney, Patrick1898USA+16B=2N+9B2.53.53.52.252082+14.6
4Pendse, Vihaan2064USA+15B1N+10B2.04.04.01.001980-5.6
5Karthigeyan, Kishan1980USA+13N=7B=8N2.03.04.02.502093+19.6
6Haripradeep, Sanchit1775USA1B+15N+17B2.03.03.00.001925+20.8
7Baliga, Zubin2065USA+10B=5N1B1.55.06.02.001944-7.6
8Wu, Andrew2111USAF+9N=5B1.53.03.02.002115+0.4
9Li, Allen1863USA+17N8B3N1.04.04.00.001714-21.2
10Vijayakumar, Aadith1517USA7N+13B4N1.03.54.51.001728+24.4
11Chu, Alex HaoningFM2017USAF+14N2B1.03.53.51.001907-10.8
12Peela, Nischay Shyam1633USA2B+16N14B1.03.53.50.001657-0.8
13Allu, Sanjay1727USA5B10N+15B1.03.03.00.001613-18.8
14Bale, Shawn1783USAF11B+12N1.02.02.01.001826+1.8
15Boddupally, Adhvik1718USA4N6B13N0.04.05.00.001055-40.8
16Thokur, Dhruv1534USA3N12BF0.03.53.50.00966-18.4
17Lu, Hanwen1508USA9BF6N0.03.03.00.001019-11.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets